tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581760944079929268.post7387845588283924334..comments2016-05-06T13:29:28.552+01:00Comments on The Place That Sends You Mad: RIP Christopher LeeMichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11611118945156764527noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581760944079929268.post-76263413309333130232015-06-12T13:35:23.267+01:002015-06-12T13:35:23.267+01:00For me, THE DEVIL RIDES OUT is a case of &quot;alm...For me, THE DEVIL RIDES OUT is a case of &quot;almost but not quite&quot;. I think it&#39;s unfortunately hamstrung by the censorial climate of the time which prevents the filmmakers from doing justice to the debauchery Wheatley described in his novel. (For instance, the full-on orgy he describes in lurid detail turns into a bunch of people in robes dancing around in a muddy field.) But Lee is fantastic in it (even though, by his own admission, he was too young for the role at the time), and it&#39;s wonderful to see him playing the hero in a horror film instead of being typecast as the Dracula stand-in as per usual.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11611118945156764527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581760944079929268.post-9321707501480056832015-06-12T11:43:00.114+01:002015-06-12T11:43:00.114+01:00I love The Devil Rides Out. Myself I watched Beat ...I love The Devil Rides Out. Myself I watched Beat Girl - hardly a film he was famous for, but it was on my planner scheduled to watch so I went with it.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14569732807130090838noreply@blogger.com